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Stephanie J. Scott, manager at Fleet Feet Sports on Ridgeway in Greece, lost 74 pounds in the last two years.

Dan Prevost, the Ridgeway store's fit specialist leader on duty, lost 25 pounds since becoming a runner. He could hardly run a 1/4 mile when he first started.

Fit specialist Erin Albert leads community outreach efforts at health fairs and high schools to encourage healthy choices and fitness.

The three understand the tremendous challenges to losing weight yet they and other workers at Fleet Feet Sports have a resolve to help others who want to achieve their fitness goals in the Ton of Fun Summer Weight Loss Challenge.

"Ton of Fun helped me get down to the point where I am," said Scott, a mom of two who struggled to lose weight from pregnancies.

Ton of Fun encourages participants to lose five percent of their body weight over the summer and features workouts, recipes, tips and social networking support to help. The summer challenge began on Saturday and is now open for sign ups.

Still, they are up to the challenge, which runs through Aug. 2. The Ridgeway store helped the westside earn the trophy for its weight loss success during the winter round of Ton of Fun. They're ready to do it again, all in fun as the challenge pits East and West side sign ups against each other to inspire them to help Rochester lose a ton of weight over the summer. To date, the program that launched in June 2013 has tallied more than 8,000 pounds of weight loss. With the new round starting, more than 1,000 participants have enrolled!

Community content editor:
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Rochester&nbsp;readers and groups,&nbsp;such as&nbsp;stories, photos,
videos&nbsp;and blogs. She also recruits community partners to help grow audience. Cynthia
has lived in Rochester&nbsp;for&nbsp;21&nbsp;years.​